The Allman Brothers knew they finally had a band that didn’t need record label bullshi*t—just volume, sweat, and the truth they played. Butch “the Freight Train” Trucks, “We knew the band was f*cking good. We’d all been in different bands trying to be stars, and they all sucked. This was finally a band where we really enjoyed playing. The record company took one look at Gregg and said, ‘Get that guy out from behind the organ and stick a salami down his pants.’ But we said, ‘Screw it.’ It was about the music.”